The wisdom of this man makes me think of my father I lost 3 years back. I could just listen to him all day. You know every word out of his mouth comes from a place of experience and genuinely wanting to help. No matter the topic I know I’m about to learn something new.
"Have you seen that truck!? 800 hp 1100 tq its an absolute machine. Every part hand forged, its unbeatable." "How many alternators does it have?" "1" "Take your shitbox back"
I think if the cut length of you fire wood was longer, example I cut mine 24” your pc would fall in correctly just my personal observation. anyway its a wonderful service your doing for your neighbors
Cody I am sure that you will never see this comment. You have a huge following. Never-the-less, from one Christian brother to another, I so appreciate your love for Christ and how your try to share that love to others around you where you live as this video shows. I will never meet you in this life, but I am very excited that I have the hope of meeting you and your family when we all are gathered together at Christ's table. You have so encouraged me with your faith and I hope to encourage you. May Jesus come soon and remove us from this awful place. God bless you and yours; and please don't let the haters influence you and what you believe and try to portray every day. I can't image that these people will allow you to continue much longer, but I pray so.
Dear Lord, please grace this fellow sinner's father with peace, calm, relief, comfort and resolute assurance that he is in the perfect care of our Lord God most loving and wise. Please give K the very same such that he/she can set down the sorrow and anxiety of watching a loved one suffer and rely on Your shoulders to bear the terrible weight of her father's gauntlet. Dear Lord please send this family an army of angels who cloak them with warmth, quietude, and natural beauty to gladden their simple moments with peace, extending the strength and endurance they need to complete this Path they endeavor to travel. In the name of your beloved Son Jesus Christ, Amen.
May god bless your family for the good you do Cody those people in your community probably needed a helping hand some folks don’t know what it takes to cut , drag, chop, split and stack firewood just to keep you warm in the winter
I must say that I applaud your help to your community. One day to help 30 families heat or cook in their homes is a great thing and that is not something you hear of much anymore. No doubt this benefits everyone involved. Excellent!
I don’t mean to criticize, or seem envious. it’s been amazing to watch your RUclips journey over the years, and the success it’s brought into your lives....You deserve every bit of it. I need to say this though.... I was originally drawn to this channel because it promotes tools and skills that are obtainable by the common working man. I think it’s safe to say that a very small percentage of the population can afford something such as a brand new diesel hydraulic wood processor. Most of us probably couldn’t even afford the parts to maintain or repair it. I think we have to be realistic here. Me personally, I would like to see a more in-depth video on the drip torch. Safe use and practices with it. What not to do etc. Simpler things like that are invaluable to someone like me....especially when it’s delivered by a knowledgeable and experienced person like you.....on just about any tool. Thank you to whoever took the time to read my comment. I know you probably don’t have much spare time. Much love to the Wranglerstar family!
Hat's off to you and the crew for helping out so many folks. Don't see folks do that much today... donate money, maybe, but very few actually donate their time. Fantastic.
These Dyna wood processors were designed and are built by the Amish community here in my hometown of Millington, MI. They are a phenomenal group of people that make a great product.
I have missed the calming influence your videos have in my life. I know you have a life and have a lot to do but I just want to tell you how important your videos are to me.
I’m not wizard or anything. But not renting, but say that was yours and you owned it, you could set bars on the side that are like a spring type loaded? Like the 14inch cuts on each that stop bar. But like on the sides that would allow you to have bigger and smaller pieces without having to manually use them. But it would be something that “you” or anyone who owned thoes would have to make.
2 things, firstly that thing is a beast... But lastly and most importantly is i would love to live in a community like that, you all come together to help one another and its great. Here in the UK it doesnt happen enough. America really is a wonderful country, both the land and the people!
Possible fix for the splitting issue. The manufacturer could install a "holding platform" for the round once it's cut. They could make it concave so as to cradle the round. A lever at the control panel could connect to this platform, which acts as a trap door. The round falls onto the hydraulic ram path, oriented properly.
8:10 My thoughts on a solution is for the next version to have a catch basket that supports the end of the log while being cut and once the cut is complete will open to drop the cut off down in the proper orientation. The drawback is added cost and complexity.
Just make that little orange rod a bit stiffer and it should help a lot to stop the log from pivoting forward. The problem appears to come from the wood hinging on the last few attached fibres as he said. If the top end of the round was prevented from dropping too far then it shouldn't flip on end. There's a balance that needs to be found there somewhere between the logs getting flipped with a floppy stop, and pinching the saw with a stop that's too rigid.
What the machine needs is for the bottom cradle that receives it for splitting to actually be raised in line to carry the piece and then have the cradle drop in front of the ram for splitting.
Great videos Cody, love your experiences. In Indiana that unit wouldn't work at all, because we done have telephone poles to burn. Our trees grow crooked and more natural to diciduous trees. We have cut 15 to 20 cords a year for 25 years and could use a machine like that if it could do bigger and more crooked stuff. LORD bless you.
20 cords in a day!?! That is impressive as I rented one for 8 hours and ran it as hard as I could and didn't get 10 cords. The machines are absolutely great but I experienced the same problems with the harvester bar not having enough pressure and dulling chains constantly. I made a video about it too if you're curious. Thanks for supporting your community!
He went from 35 cords total to 35 in a day to 20 cords total. It sounds like he was busy that day and not paying close attention to the actual numbers. My dad and I process and sell firewood and we have done 12 cords in a day including delivery. If you had nice big straight logs like Cody had and had someone keeping the deck loaded and you didn't have to worry about delivery I think 20 cords in a day is reasonable.
I remember the good old days when I found you during quarantine! I couldn’t wait until your next upload! Each day I was wondering if you would upload. Still love the channel keep it up!
There is a hydraulic adjustment to change the cutting speed. It’s a knob you turn to make it have more down pressure on the cutting bar. If I remember correctly its behind the control table. The harvester chain is perfect for the machine. Of course the chain has to be sharp to cut properly.
Why can’t you build some sort of adjustable metal structure that would always guide the fallen log into the correct orientation. Shouldn’t be too hard to manufacture a part that would do that successfully
CAT in my opinion is hands down the best Diesel built! It’s sad that they no longer make engines for commercial trucks for on road use. They got tired of trying to keep up on ever changing emission laws. They said the laws are so stringent that they could not make a reliable and well functioning engine for the consumer. They still make them for heavy equipment and commercial grade off road machines obviously. I appreciate your work.
@wranglerstar, why not try a slightly longer cut to see if it falls correctly or weld two temp bars in so it has to drop correctly. I could see an improvement on not only a bigger bar with more power but two bars so when one is down the other keeps going
That machine is a beast! As far as the dull chains causing the cutoffs to flip sideways; would a short, two or three inch wide, curved piece of metal, angled downward and directly underneath the piece being cut, prevent that from happening, by sort of funneling the cut down into that crib? I like the way that one hand washed the other with you and Dyna, and that in the process you were able to provide much needed fuel for so many homes. That's real community building!
The bar saw should be replaced with a circular saw, but that’s a much higher risk when hitting metal. I work for a logging company that uses a firewood processor with a smaller circular saw as well as larger circular saw slashers for the grapple cranes for processing logs in the wood yard. I’ve been told that a loose tooth coming off of the slasher blade (4-5 ft diameter) has the same force as a 9mm hand gun round.
Cody doing a paid promo, where they literally give him the product "meh". Lol Cody talking about a tool that was borrowed to him to help people in his community... company gets 13 min of praise! Which they totally deserve! Heck of a machine!
Add an adjustable guide bar / plate each side, manually adjusted. The bar / guide would hit the end of the log helping to keep it in the right orientation.
Honestly to stop big logs from turning sideway you only need to add some kind of solid bar in place of that orange thingy. When the log is cut nearly all the way, round would try to rotate, top would hit the bar, and it would only fall after log is cut all the way trough.
To prevent the round flipping a 2 part door fitted below cutoff round and when round falls it falls a short distance about 1" then door open an drops to in front of ram.
You need a guide type stop right next to the switch that stops the advance stroke. it would hold the log from tipping over until the entire cut was accomplished . Then the cutoff would drop straight down. You would have to make it adjustable until you arrived at a position that would work for all types and sizes of rounds.
8:00 Faster saw would probably help. But what if there was a built in saw sharpener. You could just quickly re-sharpen the saw using the control panel.
My opinion to reduce the wood turning sideways after the cut, have a solid stop for the wood as it enters the machine. With a solid stop verses the stop rod the stick is not able to pivot downward but instead it will stay level until the cut is finished and then drop straight down. Simple!
Impressive machine.....Idea 1-Maybe you can work/try on a selution for the fall off the cutoff, by adding some sort of a V-shaped sturcture in such a way it guides the cutoff down gently keeping it orientated, maybe two wooden planks at 1st, just thought. 2-Something I though about before is if manufascturers can put your serviceble filters mounted in a seperate cabinate maring it "service" you open a door, and their are all your filters, just a thought.
For the logs to fall more straight replace the orange stopper with a more solid one that has some flat surface width to it, maybe an upside down diamond shape steel plate so that the log slightly can rest against it and it can be guided down
what if you make that sopping bar for the size of the log a solid bar that doesnt move unless you make it change size, that way the top of the log hits it and it won't fall until its all cut, and should fall straight
Great machine Mr. Wranglerstar , as for the pieces that fall awkwardly , over the years I’ve pruned and wrecked many trees in my time , I think the reason that they fall and may tumble is because the balance of the wood piece , wood is not dimensional in weight , like a perfect balanced square or a round circle . there’s parts of the tree that have tension wood and compression wood , which means the piece of wood round may be lighter or heavier on one side , when it is cut or severed it may fall in a specific way to do the way it weighs hopefully this helps the non wood folks understand Joe
Weld in a piece of flat ar steel plate on a downhill angle to where the log is guided down in the right orientation. Make it to help the widest ones since the smaller seem to fall correctly . Just a millwrights first thoughts 🤔 Hope it helps. Wanted to say, saw your channel and went back a couple years and caught up. It has inspired me, seeing you and yours improve over time. Thanks brother
I know I’m a year or so late and they may have fixed the issue but replacing that plastic stop with steel would support the log and keep it from tipping front as it gets to the end of the cut
Cody this a very nice firewood processor. I like the way it’s well built and has a cat diesel motor.It’s nice that you can help the community out with firewood.Thanks for sharing.☺️☺️☺️👍👍👍👍
About 5 years ago Cat started buying Kubota engines for there skid steers, telehandlers and other equipment. I’ve seen Perkins diesel with a Cat imblem on it like cub cadet older compacts
I imagine there are a few firewood sellers locally that have other words than fear to describe what they think of "this man" who seems to be attempting to put them out of business!
Regarding the harvester bar problem. Perhaps instead of having the round drop down they could have a hydraulically actuated platform at the out-feed that would lift while the harvester bar cuts. Then it would drop down so the plunger would push the round through the splitter mechanism.
A guide made out of tube steel or a steel plate installed an inch or two to the left of the stop could take the roll out of the pieces as they fall. I'm glad to see what you are doing for your community. God bless.
if the cut away piece had an automated rest that lowered you could avoid it flipping or the angle of attack on the cut could end more vertically at the end of the cut to avoid pull away.
They are a well built machine, that's for sure. The problems we saw, was very poor view of the wedge, and the style of the saw bar tensioner and mounting plate. The oiler turned all the way down was still pumping hugely excessive amounts of bar oil. In one day we used as much bar oil as our log processor does in 6 months! A log max style cam tensioner and mounting plate would be the best upgrade as far as ease of use and not having to take the bar all the way off if you throw a chain. The excessive bar oil usage also kept the plexy door covered and impossible to see through.
A V-shaped trough that catches the cut log closer to the hight where it is cut. Then the trough opens "quickly" and the cut piece will land perfectly in the splitter trough.
I think if the the wood stop was more ridged and supported more weight of the piece being cut it would ensure the log cut to fall correctly into the splitting position.
We would fab a nice, beefy ¼" plate of steel, mounted to the same arm, & in line with the orange stop indicator rod. As the cut piece falls, the plate would keep it perpendicular to the cutter, and fall true in line for the splitter. Thanks for your time. God bless you folks.
I’m a diesel mechanic through the week and a tree worker on the weekends and I would rather have the gas motor. Cats are great but Tier 4 final emissions are not. The emissions on that motor are not fun to work on, cause a lot of headache, have to have soft wear in order to work on it, and are very expensive. The splitter looks awesome just my two sense if someone was choosing between gas and diesel.
That's why you get one with a Rotary blade. We got a machine that's almost the same except for the blade. Enjoy your machine and get a rotary one if you want a beast of a cutter.
Cody, hydraulic forks could hold the firewood segment until the saw is finished cutting. The the forks could lower, and let the wood rest correctly oriented for the splitting. What are your thoughts? I'm thinking an easy design.
Impressive machine, to solve the drop out issue suggest the addition of an adjustable sprung bracket at the log length gauge (or replace) to prevent the previous cut face from tilting forward and falling irregularly into the splitter.
if there was a small yoke that worked in concert with the saw blade (came up right under the log end every time you pulled the blade lever, and return down when you released the blade lever) it would support the off cut, and alleviate the flipping issue. Might even let a guy get a few more cords per chain which indeed would save a guy $100-200 over the course of a stack of logs. Would even be fairly inexpensive for Dyna to implement, just 1 ram 2 hoses and a couple splitters/fittings.
7:55 if there was a clamping piston on either side of the round being cut that released as soon as the saw retracted, it'd control the fall the way you want
Multitek uses a large carbide circular saw; goes through logs like butter. On a machine that size, it does not make sense to incorporate a high speed steel chain with a bar.
Maybe a more solid stop would aid in stopping the rounds from rotating. It would give the round something to lean against as the holding wood reduced, instead of snapping the last part through
Does this machine cut a round while splitting a round? Seems like the ram could have a “cradle” type thing almost level with the log so while splitting you can be cutting and when the splitting ram retracts the round will most certainly not flip and fall down into the cradle. Need a fast retract on the ram tho. Maybe a variable speed knob to control the speed of the cut so you make sure to drop the round drops onto the cradle at the right time and adjust for different species. Overlapping functions is where the real speed happens. I love solving problems like this!!! Build it Wranglerstar!!!!
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Cody,
In case you didn’t know, your Ford has 2 alternators
so dose this video! it has so much power you have to smash the like :)
And most of the time one of them is working... except when it's none. And then you're SoL.
maybe your ford has 2 alternators but my ford 8210 tractor only has one
You can simulate having two alternators by just pointing out your one alternator twice.
@@full_metal2452 please tell me you are joking dear god if you aren't
The only thing better would be two alternators held on with Loctite.
Add a Keurig, a microwave, popcorn machine and a frosty machine....I could cut firewood all day.
The wisdom of this man makes me think of my father I lost 3 years back. I could just listen to him all day. You know every word out of his mouth comes from a place of experience and genuinely wanting to help. No matter the topic I know I’m about to learn something new.
"Have you seen that truck!? 800 hp 1100 tq its an absolute machine. Every part hand forged, its unbeatable."
"How many alternators does it have?"
"1"
"Take your shitbox back"
I think if the cut length of you fire wood was longer, example I cut mine 24” your pc would fall in correctly just my personal observation. anyway its a wonderful service your doing for your neighbors
Cutting logs longer might help the logs fall cleanly. 14” firewood is tiny. I bet 20” would always fall correct maybe even 16”
16 is standard length
Watch! Next year Dyna will send a custom machine with 3 alternators just because of this video.
Taking more crank power away from that saw though 🤔
@Noah For just like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.
Will it be dubbed the Tim "Tool Time" Taylor edition?
He didn't mention if it had (not) been turbo charged, dual turbos, or bi-turbos.
And 4 batteries.
Cody I am sure that you will never see this comment. You have a huge following. Never-the-less, from one Christian brother to another, I so appreciate your love for Christ and how your try to share that love to others around you where you live as this video shows. I will never meet you in this life, but I am very excited that I have the hope of meeting you and your family when we all are gathered together at Christ's table. You have so encouraged me with your faith and I hope to encourage you. May Jesus come soon and remove us from this awful place. God bless you and yours; and please don't let the haters influence you and what you believe and try to portray every day. I can't image that these people will allow you to continue much longer, but I pray so.
Please pray for my father who suffered a bad seizure and is battling cancer.. we need your prayers. Please
Dear Lord, please grace this fellow sinner's father with peace, calm, relief, comfort and resolute assurance that he is in the perfect care of our Lord God most loving and wise. Please give K the very same such that he/she can set down the sorrow and anxiety of watching a loved one suffer and rely on Your shoulders to bear the terrible weight of her father's gauntlet. Dear Lord please send this family an army of angels who cloak them with warmth, quietude, and natural beauty to gladden their simple moments with peace, extending the strength and endurance they need to complete this Path they endeavor to travel. In the name of your beloved Son Jesus Christ, Amen.
these nuts
Your family is in our Prayers
🙏🙏🙏
😓 my grandfather too
May god bless your family for the good you do Cody those people in your community probably needed a helping hand some folks don’t know what it takes to cut , drag, chop, split and stack firewood just to keep you warm in the winter
I must say that I applaud your help to your community. One day to help 30 families heat or cook in their homes is a great thing and that is not something you hear of much anymore. No doubt this benefits everyone involved. Excellent!
I don’t mean to criticize, or seem envious. it’s been amazing to watch your RUclips journey over the years, and the success it’s brought into your lives....You deserve every bit of it.
I need to say this though....
I was originally drawn to this channel because it promotes tools and skills that are obtainable by the common working man. I think it’s safe to say that a very small percentage of the population can afford something such as a brand new diesel hydraulic wood processor. Most of us probably couldn’t even afford the parts to maintain or repair it. I think we have to be realistic here.
Me personally, I would like to see a more in-depth video on the drip torch. Safe use and practices with it. What not to do etc. Simpler things like that are invaluable to someone like me....especially when it’s delivered by a knowledgeable and experienced person like you.....on just about any tool.
Thank you to whoever took the time to read my comment. I know you probably don’t have much spare time.
Much love to the Wranglerstar family!
I'm sure there could be rental options somewhere?
12:28
Hat's off to you and the crew for helping out so many folks. Don't see folks do that much today... donate money, maybe, but very few actually donate their time. Fantastic.
With the Alternator tally, I'd of thought there'd be more talk about it. Cody trolled the comment section yet again!
he counted it twice on purpose
So inspirational to see you spread your blessings out to your community. God is good!
Saw the number for the "Rent Me" and realized that it came from Northern Lower Michigan. :) Nice to see "home" on RUclips, even if just the area code.
These Dyna wood processors were designed and are built by the Amish community here in my hometown of Millington, MI. They are a phenomenal group of people that make a great product.
I have missed the calming influence your videos have in my life. I know you have a life and have a lot to do but I just want to tell you how important your videos are to me.
I too, am part of the dual alternator gang. It's been lonely at the top. Glad you're here 👍
I’m not wizard or anything. But not renting, but say that was yours and you owned it, you could set bars on the side that are like a spring type loaded? Like the 14inch cuts on each that stop bar. But like on the sides that would allow you to have bigger and smaller pieces without having to manually use them. But it would be something that “you” or anyone who owned thoes would have to make.
West coast guy needs some good elm just to see how powerful that ram is when your up top with a sledgehammer trying to get it on stuck
2 things, firstly that thing is a beast... But lastly and most importantly is i would love to live in a community like that, you all come together to help one another and its great. Here in the UK it doesnt happen enough.
America really is a wonderful country, both the land and the people!
Build the community yourself.
You reap what you sow... You will be a blessed family!
Possible fix for the splitting issue. The manufacturer could install a "holding platform" for the round once it's cut. They could make it concave so as to cradle the round. A lever at the control panel could connect to this platform, which acts as a trap door. The round falls onto the hydraulic ram path, oriented properly.
8:10 My thoughts on a solution is for the next version to have a catch basket that supports the end of the log while being cut and once the cut is complete will open to drop the cut off down in the proper orientation. The drawback is added cost and complexity.
Just make that little orange rod a bit stiffer and it should help a lot to stop the log from pivoting forward.
The problem appears to come from the wood hinging on the last few attached fibres as he said. If the top end of the round was prevented from dropping too far then it shouldn't flip on end. There's a balance that needs to be found there somewhere between the logs getting flipped with a floppy stop, and pinching the saw with a stop that's too rigid.
ahh yes I do love the cat engine! But dose it have dual alternators ? ..... i need a 2x alternator emoji
What the machine needs is for the bottom cradle that receives it for splitting to actually be raised in line to carry the piece and then have the cradle drop in front of the ram for splitting.
Your soul is as beautiful as a fresh morning dew for someone athirst. stay blessed too brother Cody, until the end comes we are Truth Seekers
Did I mention Dual Alternators
Excuse me, I was promised 1:30 that I would get to see a round into the splitter sideways, as a demonstration of its power.
yea
Suspicious lack of a Loctite reservoir if you ask me
I thought that was what the tool box was for lol
The shots of everyone swarming the woodpile and loading trucks and trailers was pretty cool to see!
8:00 having a ridged log stop would help
What ! Only one alternator on that cat diesel !?!
Great videos Cody, love your experiences. In Indiana that unit wouldn't work at all, because we done have telephone poles to burn. Our trees grow crooked and more natural to diciduous trees. We have cut 15 to 20 cords a year for 25 years and could use a machine like that if it could do bigger and more crooked stuff. LORD bless you.
20 cords in a day!?! That is impressive as I rented one for 8 hours and ran it as hard as I could and didn't get 10 cords. The machines are absolutely great but I experienced the same problems with the harvester bar not having enough pressure and dulling chains constantly. I made a video about it too if you're curious. Thanks for supporting your community!
He went from 35 cords total to 35 in a day to 20 cords total. It sounds like he was busy that day and not paying close attention to the actual numbers. My dad and I process and sell firewood and we have done 12 cords in a day including delivery. If you had nice big straight logs like Cody had and had someone keeping the deck loaded and you didn't have to worry about delivery I think 20 cords in a day is reasonable.
Im here to leave a comment because Wranglerstar said he was waiting until I did. I also pressed the like button.
I remember the good old days when I found you during quarantine! I couldn’t wait until your next upload! Each day I was wondering if you would upload. Still love the channel keep it up!
Did you know that the newer ford f250s have dual alternators?
I don’t see why the log has to drop down after it is cut, if it traveled to the splitter on the same level it seems that would solve that problem.
The ram comes through on the different level as it needs a bit of space for the hydraulics.
Seems like 16” or 18” length would help with the sideways jam when the chain dulls versus you 14”. You west coasters with your short soft wood…
There is a hydraulic adjustment to change the cutting speed. It’s a knob you turn to make it have more down pressure on the cutting bar. If I remember correctly its behind the control table. The harvester chain is perfect for the machine. Of course the chain has to be sharp to cut properly.
Why can’t you build some sort of adjustable metal structure that would always guide the fallen log into the correct orientation. Shouldn’t be too hard to manufacture a part that would do that successfully
CAT in my opinion is hands down the best Diesel built! It’s sad that they no longer make engines for commercial trucks for on road use. They got tired of trying to keep up on ever changing emission laws. They said the laws are so stringent that they could not make a reliable and well functioning engine for the consumer. They still make them for heavy equipment and commercial grade off road machines obviously. I appreciate your work.
@wranglerstar, why not try a slightly longer cut to see if it falls correctly or weld two temp bars in so it has to drop correctly. I could see an improvement on not only a bigger bar with more power but two bars so when one is down the other keeps going
That machine is a beast! As far as the dull chains causing the cutoffs to flip sideways; would a short, two or three inch wide, curved piece of metal, angled downward and directly underneath the piece being cut, prevent that from happening, by sort of funneling the cut down into that crib?
I like the way that one hand washed the other with you and Dyna, and that in the process you were able to provide much needed fuel for so many homes. That's real community building!
The bar saw should be replaced with a circular saw, but that’s a much higher risk when hitting metal.
I work for a logging company that uses a firewood processor with a smaller circular saw as well as larger circular saw slashers for the grapple cranes for processing logs in the wood yard. I’ve been told that a loose tooth coming off of the slasher blade (4-5 ft diameter) has the same force as a 9mm hand gun round.
Cody doing a paid promo, where they literally give him the product "meh". Lol Cody talking about a tool that was borrowed to him to help people in his community... company gets 13 min of praise! Which they totally deserve! Heck of a machine!
Add an adjustable guide bar / plate each side, manually adjusted. The bar / guide would hit the end of the log helping to keep it in the right orientation.
It needs to have a circular saw blade redesign!!
Honestly splitting sideways is very impressive. Especially for a portable machine.
@@El_Guapo74 i couldn't leave them sideways. It would bother my OCD.
Honestly to stop big logs from turning sideway you only need to add some kind of solid bar in place of that orange thingy. When the log is cut nearly all the way, round would try to rotate, top would hit the bar, and it would only fall after log is cut all the way trough.
THANK YOU DYNA FOR HELPING SO MANY FAMILIES
To prevent the round flipping a 2 part door fitted below cutoff round and when round falls it falls a short distance about 1" then door open an drops to in front of ram.
You need a guide type stop right next to the switch that stops the advance stroke. it would hold the log from tipping over until the entire cut was accomplished . Then the cutoff would drop straight down. You would have to make it adjustable until you arrived at a position that would work for all types and sizes of rounds.
8:00 Faster saw would probably help. But what if there was a built in saw sharpener. You could just quickly re-sharpen the saw using the control panel.
My opinion to reduce the wood turning sideways after the cut, have a solid stop for the wood as it enters the machine. With a solid stop verses the stop rod the stick is not able to pivot downward but instead it will stay level until the cut is finished and then drop straight down. Simple!
Impressive machine.....Idea
1-Maybe you can work/try on a selution for the fall off the cutoff, by adding some sort of a V-shaped sturcture in such a way it guides the cutoff down gently keeping it orientated, maybe two wooden planks at 1st, just thought.
2-Something I though about before is if manufascturers can put your serviceble filters mounted in a seperate cabinate maring it "service" you open a door, and their are all your filters, just a thought.
For the logs to fall more straight replace the orange stopper with a more solid one that has some flat surface width to it, maybe an upside down diamond shape steel plate so that the log slightly can rest against it and it can be guided down
Love the dual alternator images in the tip left corner. Only true fans will get it.
It was a tally lol
I love u west coast guys. So proud of soft wood.🤣🤣🤣
What's wrong with softwood?
what if you make that sopping bar for the size of the log a solid bar that doesnt move unless you make it change size, that way the top of the log hits it and it won't fall until its all cut, and should fall straight
Great machine Mr. Wranglerstar , as for the pieces that fall awkwardly , over the years I’ve pruned and wrecked many trees in my time , I think the reason that they fall and may tumble is because the balance of the wood piece , wood is not dimensional in weight , like a perfect balanced square or a round circle . there’s parts of the tree that have tension wood and compression wood , which means the piece of wood round may be lighter or heavier on one side , when it is cut or severed it may fall in a specific way to do the way it weighs hopefully this helps the non wood folks understand
Joe
Weld in a piece of flat ar steel plate on a downhill angle to where the log is guided down in the right orientation. Make it to help the widest ones since the smaller seem to fall correctly . Just a millwrights first thoughts 🤔
Hope it helps.
Wanted to say, saw your channel and went back a couple years and caught up. It has inspired me, seeing you and yours improve over time. Thanks brother
I know I’m a year or so late and they may have fixed the issue but replacing that plastic stop with steel would support the log and keep it from tipping front as it gets to the end of the cut
1 alternator? What's the pont? Might as well not have one
Cody this a very nice firewood processor. I like the way it’s well built and has a cat diesel motor.It’s nice that you can help the community out with firewood.Thanks for sharing.☺️☺️☺️👍👍👍👍
About 5 years ago Cat started buying Kubota engines for there skid steers, telehandlers and other equipment. I’ve seen Perkins diesel with a Cat imblem on it like cub cadet older compacts
My uncle has an older version of this machine, he processes about 20 cord per year. Amazing machine for sure!
I imagine there are a few firewood sellers locally that have other words than fear to describe what they think of "this man" who seems to be attempting to put them out of business!
Regarding the harvester bar problem. Perhaps instead of having the round drop down they could have a hydraulically actuated platform at the out-feed that would lift while the harvester bar cuts. Then it would drop down so the plunger would push the round through the splitter mechanism.
A guide made out of tube steel or a steel plate installed an inch or two to the left of the stop could take the roll out of the pieces as they fall.
I'm glad to see what you are doing for your community. God bless.
5 chords a chain sharpening is a good sharpening! I've seen chains dull within one chord.
if the cut away piece had an automated rest that lowered you could avoid it flipping or the angle of attack on the cut could end more vertically at the end of the cut to avoid pull away.
A resting spot at the front to support the log that then can retract, would make the machine flawless.
Use a small beveled 45 degree ramp for the cut wood to slide down and with beveled sides on it, it will stay in the proper orientation
They are a well built machine, that's for sure. The problems we saw, was very poor view of the wedge, and the style of the saw bar tensioner and mounting plate. The oiler turned all the way down was still pumping hugely excessive amounts of bar oil. In one day we used as much bar oil as our log processor does in 6 months! A log max style cam tensioner and mounting plate would be the best upgrade as far as ease of use and not having to take the bar all the way off if you throw a chain. The excessive bar oil usage also kept the plexy door covered and impossible to see through.
A V-shaped trough that catches the cut log closer to the hight where it is cut. Then the trough opens "quickly" and the cut piece will land perfectly in the splitter trough.
only one alternator? I'm soooooooo disappointed! Still, two alternators on the screen so that's ok then.
I think if the the wood stop was more ridged and supported more weight of the piece being cut it would ensure the log cut to fall correctly into the splitting position.
I would imagine that river wood had a lot of dirt in the wood that was dulling the chain.
We would fab a nice, beefy ¼" plate of steel, mounted to the same arm, & in line with the orange stop indicator rod. As the cut piece falls, the plate would keep it perpendicular to the cutter, and fall true in line for the splitter. Thanks for your time. God bless you folks.
If you cut a round longer than it is across ill bet it will fall properly
I’m a diesel mechanic through the week and a tree worker on the weekends and I would rather have the gas motor. Cats are great but Tier 4 final emissions are not. The emissions on that motor are not fun to work on, cause a lot of headache, have to have soft wear in order to work on it, and are very expensive. The splitter looks awesome just my two sense if someone was choosing between gas and diesel.
Counterweighted/levered catchplate might help with that harvest bar issue, bit of support until it's a loose piece.
That's why you get one with a Rotary blade. We got a machine that's almost the same except for the blade. Enjoy your machine and get a rotary one if you want a beast of a cutter.
Cody, hydraulic forks could hold the firewood segment until the saw is finished cutting. The the forks could lower, and let the wood rest correctly oriented for the splitting. What are your thoughts? I'm thinking an easy design.
LOL. Subliminal Alternator Messaging...............
Great work you are doing, you are a Blessing to your Community.
Impressive machine, to solve the drop out issue suggest the addition of an adjustable sprung bracket at the log length gauge (or replace) to prevent the previous cut face from tilting forward and falling irregularly into the splitter.
If the splitter had a tung on it, it could cradle the round that is cut off and that should keep it in the correct position!! 👀👀👀 maybe?
I have a Dyna SC 12. It does a great job for us.
if there was a small yoke that worked in concert with the saw blade (came up right under the log end every time you pulled the blade lever, and return down when you released the blade lever) it would support the off cut, and alleviate the flipping issue. Might even let a guy get a few more cords per chain which indeed would save a guy $100-200 over the course of a stack of logs. Would even be fairly inexpensive for Dyna to implement, just 1 ram 2 hoses and a couple splitters/fittings.
You could swap that chain with a carbide tipped one. They are a bother to sharpen but last 3 times as long.
7:55 if there was a clamping piston on either side of the round being cut that released as soon as the saw retracted, it'd control the fall the way you want
Multitek uses a large carbide circular saw; goes through logs like butter. On a machine that size, it does not make sense to incorporate a high speed steel chain with a bar.
What if it cuts from bottum to top, maybe the log wouldn't turn as much when it falls in the splitter?
178 people didn't like Caterpillar Diesel.
Maybe a more solid stop would aid in stopping the rounds from rotating. It would give the round something to lean against as the holding wood reduced, instead of snapping the last part through
Hi Cody. We are as East Coast as you can get, based here in the UK! You West Guys with just your two cute little alternators! Keep up the great vids.
Does this machine cut a round while splitting a round? Seems like the ram could have a “cradle” type thing almost level with the log so while splitting you can be cutting and when the splitting ram retracts the round will most certainly not flip and fall down into the cradle. Need a fast retract on the ram tho. Maybe a variable speed knob to control the speed of the cut so you make sure to drop the round drops onto the cradle at the right time and adjust for different species. Overlapping functions is where the real speed happens. I love solving problems like this!!! Build it Wranglerstar!!!!